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Wednesday, July 10 — Rain over most of New Mexico this week has begun to ease the worst drought in 70 years for some sections of the state, but it may have come too late to help farmers much. “Available water is only 16 percent of the amount required to irrigate properly at this time of year,” said Hubert Ball, chief engineer of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District.

Visit a variety of Las Vegas gardens and talk to innovative gardeners during the Las Vegas Annual Garden Tour starting at 9 a.m. this Saturday. Tickets are $12 and are on sale at the Citizens’ Committee for Historic Preservation office at 116 Bridge St. For more information call 425-8803. Sponsored by CCHP, city lodgers’ tax and BTU Building Materials.

Friday
Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 10-15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent. Isolated showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 61. South wind 5-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

SANTA FE — Gov. Susana Martinez is among the dignitaries and mourners paid their respects to former Gov. David Cargo, who lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

Martinez greeted Cargo’s family as they arrived Thursday at the Capitol. Family members walked into the building behind Cargo’s flag-draped casket, which was carried by State Police officers and National Guard troops.

Martinez spoke to the family, telling them Cargo was an “amazing man.”

SANTA FE — A former investigator accuses the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management of slander and harassment in a labor-related complaint.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a New Mexico district court heard Wednesday a case involving former intelligence analyst Victor Javier Marquez. He is seeking a restraining order against the department’s chief counsel, George Heidke, for alleged slander and a pattern of harassment.

A Wal-Mart employee was arrested and charged late last month with eight counts of misdemeanor embezzlement after he allegedly stole money from the store’s cash registers.

An arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Miguel County Magistrate Court on June 25 identifies the suspect as 25-year-old Gabriel Montoya, whose address in court documents is listed as being on the 700 block of Taos Street.